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4 Νοε 2019 · Poisoning the well is a logical fallacy (a type of ad hominem argument) in which a person attempts to place an opponent in a position from which he or she is unable to reply.
Poisoning the well is the same kind of attack because it attacks the trustworthiness and the intellectual honesty of the arguer as a credible source, undermining her sincerity or objectivity in a way that makes an audience discount the worth of her arguments.
9 Μαΐ 2018 · This chapter focuses on one of the common fallacies in Western philosophy called 'poisoning the well' (PTW). There are some forms of ad hominem varieties that are usually a response to an interlocutor's claims.
Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a type of informal fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing something that the target person is about to say.
Definition: A poisoning the well error means that an argument is weakened by a criticism in the argument itself. Example: The man had been accused of the crime although he wasn’t convicted.
To poison the well is to commit a pre-emptive ad hominem strike against an argumentative opponent. As with regular ad hominems, the well may be poisoned in either an abusive or circumstantial way. For instance: "Only an ignoramus would disagree with fluoridating water."
9 Μαΐ 2018 · This chapter focuses on one of the common fallacies in Western philosophy called 'poisoning the well' (PTW). There are some forms of ad hominem varieties that are usually a response to an interlocutor's claims.
